7. Severance
More popular overseas than in North America, Severance is a film that treads the oh so delicate line that supplies the balance that must be present in horror-comedies. Part corporate satire and part slasher film, this UK Import navigates that line swiftly and with poise.
Severance follows a group of corporate dunces at a team-building exercise in Eastern Europe (you know any horror film set in Eastern Europe is not going to end well) where they proceed to be stalked by a masked hunter. Featuring moments of side-splitting hilarity and over-the-top violence, if you are a fan of British humour then you should find the whole package with Severance.
6. Dog Soldiers
No, this is not a spin-off Cats & Dogs but a supremely entertaining werewolf film by director Neil Marshall, who would go on to create one of the most highly touted horror movies of the 2000s with The Descent.
Dog Soldiers draws inspiration, it would seem, from Aliens; an exhausting and relentless barrage both on the audience and the group of soldiers at the story’s center. Dispatched to the scene of a military SOS, a squad of commandos must survive the night from a flood of the aforementioned werewolves.
This film never received a North American release, so it is a forgotten mini-classic you should seek out.
5. Ginger Snaps I & II
Next we have a twofer with a Canadian flavour. Seen by almost nobody during their respective releases (the original made $2,500 and II grossed $80,000) they quickly became very popular on video and garnered a rather extensive cult following.
This status however was not due to by any means to a fluke, as both were critically acclaimed at their times of release. After you watch them it is easy to see why. While the sequel is somewhat of a retread, both films are a poignant blend of classic werewolf lore and teen angst with strong female leads at the center.
